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cadetship instead of being confined to King's college, London, shall be competed for by the Students of such three or more Colleges.
Her Majesty's Government selected.
As regards the first point, those best qualified to judge, are of the opinion that the time occupied by a young man in learning Chinese at home would be, if not altogether thrown away, badly misapplied, as it might be much better employed in obtaining a good general education.
As to the second point, all those who have watched the experiment of the Foreign Office Student Interpreters and whom I have consulted agree that the scheme was completely successful so long as the appointments were made from several Colleges, but that the result has been by no means satisfactory since.
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